Okta San Francisco Headquarters Design: A Love Letter to San Francisco Address: San Francisco, California, USA Area: 14400 square meters Keywords: office furniture, environmental design, technology, headquarters, diverse and flexible, well-known street characteristics, digital experience, free restructuring, sustainable development, adaptability, original art design, customized furniture, soft furnishings and design In 2025, technology company Okta built a 14400 square meter headquarters in San Francisco, designed by the Studio Blitz team. This environmental design project, known as the 'Love Letter to San Francisco', is not only Okta's global headquarters, but also a model of technology driven diverse and flexible office spaces. Commons floor: a microcosm of the city in 13 blocks The Commons floor is the core of the entire design, consisting of 13 carefully designed workspaces pieced together. Each space draws inspiration from the well-known neighborhoods near Okta headquarters, incorporating the urban soul of San Francisco into its environmental design. Strolling through it, you will discover a miniature of the Ferry Building restaurant, a pop-up Cable Car retail store, a Conservatoire of Flowers themed mini golf area, as well as Okta torium collaboration space and Castro Theatre screening room. In the center of the floor is a quiet workspace with first-class facilities, showcasing diverse and flexible design concepts. Every corner here is a novel, delightful, and surprising scene design designed to support different types of experiences and different team members, "said Melissa Myers, Okta's Global Workplace and Safety Director." Vitality, joy, whimsical ideas, and love for San Francisco are reflected in every tiny detail Lombard Street: The Perfect Fusion of Art and Function In the Lombard Street area of Okta headquarters, the use of customized furniture and experiential graphics creates a unique 'Lombard' atmosphere. The original art design works produced internally by the design team cleverly integrate wall decorations and directional signs, which are both practical and artistic.

ConectCar Sao Paulo Headquarters: Innovative Integration of Office Environment Design and Customized Furniture Address: Sao Paulo, Brazil Area: 357 square meters Keywords: office environment design, office furniture, fintech, headquarters, dynamic diversity, urban theme, blue and orange, graphic design, bio friendly elements, internationalization, mixed work environment, sustainable space design, customized furniture

Klook Road Singapore Office: Brand Concrete Practice of Office Environment Design and Customized Furniture Address: Singapore Area: 1301 square meters Keywords: Office Environment Design, Travel, Color and Vitality, Sense of Belonging, Natural Aesthetics, Bio friendly Design, Multiculturalism, Collaboration and Focus, Creative Hub, Brand Description, Office Furniture In 2024, Klook, the leading Asian travel experience booking platform, celebrates its 10th anniversary. In order to create a new office space that can carry the brand spirit and stimulate team vitality, the ID21 design team weaved a three-dimensional brand picture with office environment design and customized furniture on a 1301 square meter site in Singapore. This space not only transforms brand colors such as orange and purple into touchable visual language, but also redefines the relationship between "travel" and "office" through innovative designs such as Klookitiam tea area and curved glass conference room. When employees exchange ideas on tiered seats, focus on work in soundproof office warehouses, and collide with inspiration on the Nanyang style bar counter, the office space itself has become the best footnote to Klook's mission of "bringing fun experiences closer to you, me, and the world". The spatial translation of brand genes: color narratology in office environment design At the moment of entering Klook's Singapore office, visitors will be struck by the vibrant colors that come rushing towards them - this is not simply a pile of colors, but a precise decoding of the brand's genes by the ID21 design team using office environment design language. The design team has broken down the orange, purple, cyan, and yellow colors in the Klook brand logo into spatial codes. Through the combination of materials, light and shadow, and furniture layout, the abstract brand personality is transformed into a tangible physical environment. The red clay brick counter in the reception area is the first climax of this color narrative. The designer did not choose ordinary building materials, but specifically selected red clay bricks with handmade texture. Its warm orange red tone echoes the main color of Klook brand, and through rough texture, it conveys the temperature of exploring the unknown during travel. The matching terrazzo floor cleverly incorporates blue-green particles, and when sunlight shines through the large glass windows, the ground feels like a flowing sea, reminiscent of the blue sea and sky encountered during travel. The customized lighting fixtures on the ceiling are a stroke of genius - the designer used the curves of the Klook logo as a prototype to create a floating arc-shaped light array. When the lights are turned on, the wall will project the light and shadow contours of the brand logo. This "visible brand" design allows visitors to remember Klook's visual symbols within 30 seconds of stepping into the space. The use of color creates carefully designed rhythmic changes in spatial depth. The front desk area serves as a "showcase" for brand display, with peak color saturation; Transitioning to an open office area, the color tone gradually becomes a combination of beige, light yellow, and light orange; And the focused workspace further settles into a low saturation combination of natural wood color and gray. This "color fading" design not only avoids visual fatigue, but also guides employees into different work states through color psychology. ID21 Design Director mentioned in an interview: 'We hope that employees can feel Klook's vitality from the moment they step into the office, but when they need to focus, the environment can quietly retreat into the background.'. " The integration of natural aesthetics makes color storytelling more layered. The designer embedded plant landscapes throughout the space, with green plants not only blending the visual impact of high saturation colors, but also echoing Klook's travel attributes through changes in leaf shape - from the traveler banana in the reception area to the sunflower in the office area, each plant represents a different travel destination image. The ingenious idea of this' plant travel map ', combined with natural colored high velvet carpets (whose patterns simulate the light and shadow effects of tropical rainforest floors), makes the entire office environment a miniature' world travel landscape '. Contemporary Interpretation of Local Culture: Nanyang Narrative in Customized Furniture As globalization of office space becomes increasingly prevalent, Klook's Singapore office tells a unique story of Southeast Asia through localized design of customized furniture. The ID21 design team conducted in-depth research on Singapore's cultural symbols, transforming traditional elements into the language of modern office furniture, making multiculturalism not only a decorative element, but also a functional carrier that promotes collaboration and a sense of belonging. The curved glass conference room is a model of cultural translation. The designer abandoned the traditional square shape of the conference room and adopted streamlined curved walls. The glass on the walls is etched with traditional window patterns from Singapore's historic districts - these patterns are extracted from the Peranakan tile patterns of old town areas such as Singapore, which can be easily cut and cut. After simplification, they retain cultural recognition without appearing outdated. Even more exquisite is the choice of glass material: the inner layer uses frosted glass to ensure privacy, while the outer layer is transparent glass. When sunlight shines, the window pattern will cast flowing light and shadow on the ground, forming a "breathing cultural wall" over time. This design allows employees to always feel the cultural roots of the land beneath their feet during cross-border meetings. The customized furniture in Klookitiam's tea area has pushed Nanyang culture to a climax. The designer drew inspiration from Singapore's iconic "Kopitiam" coffee shop culture to create a series of office furniture that blends tradition and modernity. The most eye-catching feature is the customized long bar counter - the countertop is made of Malaysian Acacia wood, retaining the natural scars and texture of the wood, and the edges are polished into soft curves, which not only echoes the familiarity of traditional coffee shops in Southeast Asia, but also conforms to modern ergonomics. The design of the bar chair is more ingenious: the legs of the chair imitate the cast iron railing shape of Singapore's old brake, and the back of the chair is made of Klook brand purple injection molding material, achieving a wonderful balance between tradition and modernity. When employees sit at such a bar drinking coffee, it feels like they have traveled back to a 1960s Singaporean coffee shop, yet they can always connect with their global colleagues. Even the customized furniture in the details carries cultural codes. The door handle of the conference room is designed in the shape of a miniature "fish tail lion", although only the size of a palm, the outline of the lion head and fish tail is clear and distinguishable; The wall decoration of Klookitiam adopts the common mosaic collage technique of Singaporean HDB flats, but replaces traditional patterns with Klook's brand graphics; Even the storage boxes for office stationery have borrowed the design language of Nanyang's "tin ware". These customized designs, resembling cultural Easter eggs, allow employees to constantly come into contact with local cultural symbols in their daily work, subtly enhancing their sense of belonging to the company.

Shanghai Qiantan International Plaza: A Model of Natural and Cultural Integration in Grade A Office Buildings Keywords: office environment, real estate/office buildings, Shanghai Qiantan, Grade A office buildings, nature and architecture, office and commerce, arts and humanities, lobby design Shanghai Qiantan International Business District has added a new landmark! The Qiantan International Plaza, invested and constructed by Lujiazui Group and designed by internationally renowned firm Gensler, has officially made its debut. This 130 meter high 5A grade office building has a total construction area of 142000 square meters, including a 26 story office tower, a four story commercial podium "Lujiazui Square L+Plaza", and three underground spaces. It is rapidly becoming the most eye-catching real estate/office project in the region. What is its unique feature that can stand out in the fiercely competitive Shanghai Bund? Sky Oasis: Harmonious Coexistence of Nature and Architecture The most eye-catching feature of Qiantan International Plaza is its design concept of "aerial oasis". Gensler cleverly balances nature and the built environment in the plan, creating a vertical ecological business complex. The overall shape of the building is transparent and upright, ensuring excellent lighting and visibility inside, allowing tenants to overlook the entire front beach area and the magnificent scenery of Huangpu River and West Bank Media Port. Natural elements are fully integrated into the design. The podium section gradually retreats from west to east, with multiple terraces and rooftop gardens set up. This staggered design not only creates a multi-level three-dimensional public activity field facing the open landscape of the west sports center, but also provides a high-quality environment for innovative office work for office workers. Landscape design extends from the ground all the way to the roof of the podium, making it a three-dimensional continuation of urban public open spaces. The effective integration of rooftop gardens and recreational spaces with commercial facilities in the podium not only creates a city and architectural landscape that blends the inside and outside, but also provides office workers and consumers with a work and leisure experience beyond the past. Here, work is no longer limited to enclosed offices, but can extend to lush rooftop gardens, achieving true 'working in nature'. Seamless connection: the dynamic integration of office and business At the beginning of its planning, Qiantan International Plaza was committed to breaking the boundaries between traditional office and commercial spaces, achieving seamless integration and mutual empowerment between the two. The project emphasizes the fluidity between office and commercial spaces, creating an environment that enhances work and leisure experiences. The innovative composite large level office in the low area of the tower fully considers the combination with the landscape of the commercial skirt building, providing differentiated large level office products, making the interface between office and commercial space tend to blur. The office lobby is designed with a spacious staircase on the side of the podium, which is directly connected to the commercial area and provides a functionally integrated indoor space. The commercial area is connected to the office area on both the second and third floors, and tenants of large flat level offices can directly access the commercial rooftop garden, enjoying a moment of tranquility and relaxation. The underground commercial area not only connects to the subway entrance and exit, making it convenient for commuters, but also cleverly integrates with the underground office flow line. This commercial flow design not only better serves the office population and meets their daily consumption needs, but also greatly enhances the vitality of the business. The layered design provides more indoor and outdoor interactive space, fully utilizing the open landscape view of the west sports center and increasing the added value of the shops, making it a comprehensive commercial entity integrating international office, high-end retail, specialty catering, leisure and entertainment, and other formats. Art Palace: The lobby design showcases humanistic heritage Entering the office lobby of Qiantan International Plaza, a classic atmosphere with both artistic and humanistic elements greets you. Gensler seamlessly integrates experiential functionality with artistic flair, showcasing the unique brand identity of the project through exquisite design. The lobby design continues the logic of building block stacking, integrating the interior core tube facade and cutting and reorganizing the marble to create a lobby space with a strong sense of spatial volume and near human scale. The 11 meter high circular lobby adds a sense of rhythm and exquisite details to the space through the combination of multi-layered marble facades, matte marble surfaces, and leather surfaces, as well as metal outlined detail lines. The same material is used on the pillars in combination with light slots to outline the dialogue with the core tube, and an island shaped reception desk embedded in the core tube is used. Multiple techniques are combined to make the lobby visual more rich. Combined with carefully designed lighting effects, the entire lobby space not only highlights the texture of materials, but also creates a natural and warm humanistic feeling.